"What would you create to tell a story of your life's most important priority? Talk about the medium you'd choose, and why you'd choose it. What would you depict?" What would my life look like? In a painting? In a photo?
Maybe even sidewalk chalk? Chaos, probably :) But in the greatest way possible! I'd want the color of this "masterpiece" to be in pastels. Bright and sunny colors! Nothing sad, nothing black or dark. I'd want it to be in watercolor, too. The fun splotchy-ness to the way it dries and the pretty, layered, effortlessness it has makes me want it to be my medium. I love the simplicity of watercolor. But what would the painting be of? That's where the question gets tough. I just really want the main focus of the painting to be one thing - Happiness. I wouldn't be very picky what the subject was, as long as anyone from any culture could see it and smile. The kind of happy that's obvious and noticeable, the kind that's the light in the darkness - that is what I'd wish for. But if I did have to zoom in and get specific with the details of the picture, I know for a fact that there'd be smiles and laughter with good friends and family. I'd want love to be apparent in the picture as much as happiness. My friends are some of the first people to come to mind when I think about it (and some of you are in this class reading this!). I absolutely love my friends. Once I have that love for you, it'll always be there. And if you think it's not, look harder! Haha :) I think I'd want my painting to be a mural, so I could fit everyone I love into it. Friends, family, animals - you name it. My dog and horses would definitely be in there (and yeah, the silly cats too). My mom, dad, and sister would all be in there, along with my grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins. My bestest friends would 100% all be in there (because as much as I love my family, I'd lose my mind without my friends)! It'd be like a dream come true for me, because I'd have all my favorite people surrounding me. What would this all depict? Love. Happiness is love; Happiness is the greatest form of love. And that's what I'd want my painting - my life - to be.
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"What do you believe the difference is between a sea and an ocean?" The World Atlas states, "An ocean is a vast and an continuous frame of salty water that shelters almost 70 percent [more than one-third] of the earth's surface, while a sea is a body of salt water smaller than an ocean."
You can actually see this when you look at the map above. Can you find the Mediterranean Sea? It's TINY compared to the oceans surrounding the rest of the world. It's a bit humbling think that the Mediterranean was the ancients' whole world at one point, and it doesn't even take up the size of my thumb in the map I chose above. They simply couldn't see the big - colossal - picture. It makes me think we need to keep the big picture in mind more often. When life gets hard, sucky, and our prospective grows dim, we almost need to zoom-out and stand-back to admire God's vast creations surrounding us, like the rest of the world did the Mediterranean. It's not until we can see the big map of life that we realize: all those times we felt the world was hinging on a thumb-sized thing, it was simply part of something greater. Everything falls into place when you see the big picture. "In Book 4 of The Odyssey, we learn of Odysseus' scheme to finally get inside Troy. What was it? Do you believe Odysseus cheated by using this plan? Why or why not?" Do you think he cheated in the a war?
Can you even cheat in a war? This is what I've figured out personally so far: Odysseus was part - and a big part, I'd assume - Of the Trojan Horse. I don't think he was necessarily the person to think of it (I can't find anything in the book that really confirms this), but maybe I just didn't read it close enough. The Trojan Horse was basically this big, grand idea (from a Greek point of view), that would allow the Greek army into Troy, which was 'enemy headquarters'. It was a giant, hollow, wooden horse, where all the best Greeks could pile into and attack Troy from the inside. From what I hear, the war had already lasted several years, from which neither side really gained a whole lot of anything. Personally, I'd be really fed up with that. If I had marched off to join the ranks of a war that wouldn't bring forth any real fruit for itself after what it says to be a 10 year period, what is the point of that? If I had just dedicated 10 years of my life to a war that wasn't going to actually do anything, what's really the point? I'd probably just jump-ship and call it a day. But the Greeks had an idea! Build a giant wooden horse that's capable of toting Greece's best fighters, and get the Trojans to invite the enemy-soldiers in themselves. The rest of the Greek army that was left out of the 'Horse would pretend to give up and sail away (which might actually be tempting - after 10 years of nothing), so it would appear to the Trojans that they'd surrendered. The Trojans would rejoice, and pull the weirdly-gigantic victory trophy into their city gates -Only for night to fall, Greeks to pop out of their new toy, and lay siege to everything and everyone. Lovely, isn't it? The Greeks from the inside would then open the city-gates, because the others who had pretended to sail away came back to help out with the ran-sacking of Troy. The Greeks then won and ended the war. Would I consider this 'cheating'? No. I think all war is is cheating, lies, and deceitfulness. There are no 'rules', and humanity turns ugly during it. War is a terrible, nasty, unspeakable hardship, and honestly, I don't think anyone should ever experience it. "Words have longer life than deeds." Do you believe that is true? Words or deeds? Which are remembered longer?
I think it all depends on the circumstances, honestly. In one case, the shoulder given you to cry on will always be remembered in your mind as reliable, but on the other hand, words of affirmation, praise, and love, will forever be etched into your heart. I can see things from both sides. While I was brainstorming this perplexing little question, I wrote down 'The written word will far outlast the author, but the author's actions will be stronger than the words'. Then I continued to write down, 'Actions will come and go, but their words will stay as time persists.'. I'm so in the middle when it comes to which answer I see to be more right! Both words and deeds can have such a beautiful, loving, euphoric outcomes, and yet can still tear down and destroy with one swish. Good thing life is a mixture of both words and deeds, because I don't think I could ever live without. I have so many good memories of kind voices alongside loving gestures, that it's hard for me to pick one. You really can't have one without the other. Think of Jane Austen - People remember her for her words! Words have impacts on your heart and mind when they're written and spoken correctly, and that's why I think people remember and ponder them. Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain - all of them wrote magnificent masterpieces that impacted the world, and we acknowledge and remember them for that. All their carefully-crafted words have long outlived them. But to say, George Washington - We remember the great deeds he accomplished in aiding the United States of America. He was amazing! Most Americans (including myself), all deeply respect him for the things he was able to do in his lifetime. Christopher Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks - we remember them for their actions. Their courageous deeds have outlived them as well. 'Share whether you want to be remembered for your words or your deeds.' Well there's a question I am only beginning to know how to answer. I'd like to be remembered for both, honestly. I'd like to be remembered as a person who'd be there anytime with cookies, or a birthday-card, or hugs or kisses, but with kind words to say too. I love to write, and I believe that words have power, whether to create or destroy - And I'd love to be remembered for creating. I really, really would. I'd like my life to be a balance of both, because like I said earlier, you can't have one without the other. "The ancients, who were struggling to understand the ways of the universe, thought that the moon and planets affected the way people on Earth behaved." Why would they think that? In my opinion, planets do not have dominion over how you think and act, but I can see pretty easily how the ancients could have determined astronomical calendars for themselves. I think stars are absolutely gorgeous, and I like to admire God's imagination with them. If you look and see the pictures from space that people have been able to take with telescopic lenses, and admire all the different colors, hues, formations, and (of course!) sparkle-y-ness, you can understand why. But can you imagine, in a world with no electricity, looking up into a deep solar-system, with layers upon layers of magnificent stars and hues and constellations? With no near-by city lights or pesky neighbors' houselights to obstruct your view? Without a doubt, you could look up and see so much clearer and farther than you ever could nowadays. Which brings us to the topic - Why would the ancients think the way you behaved would be affected by the planets and skies? My first thought on the subject was Zodiac signs. I can 100% see that if you were born under a planet, that would be your planet and that can be tied in with zodiacs and horoscopes. Maybe there is a science to it all, but I myself am not entirely sold on the idea. But I feel like if I had lived in that kind of time-era, I would probably believe a lot of it. My zodiac is a Gemini, which is associated with intellect and a go-with-the-flow personality. Perhaps that does sound like me. But as to say, I can't really put my finger down on the 'why' they would think that. These are just my thoughts. |
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